Wardrobe



1,523,639 A. C. FRIEDEL.

WARDROBE Filed May 17, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 \NVENT 3%;

3 .m L M o r a H WITNESS ATTORNEY A. C. FRIEDEL WARDROBE Filed May 1'7, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 \NVENTOR Hen-Md LKMQ.

Jan, 20, 1925. 1,523,639

A. c. FRIEDEL WARDROBE Filed May 1'7, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Jan. 2@, 1925,

PATENT QFFIEO ARTHUR C. FRIEDEL, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

WARDROBE.

Application filed May 17, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. FRIEDEL, a citizen of the United States of America, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in "Wardrobes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a wardrobe in which the entire body including the four sides, bottom and top, and also including the door, are made of heavy cardboard re-enforced by relatively light wood frames and all assembled in a manner hereinafter described'for the purpose of producing alight yet strong and durable cabinet, capable of being manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Themain object is to provide a light and easily portable cabinet of this character which is practically dust and moth proof, and may be readily collapsedfor storage or transportation.

Other objects and uses relating to specific structural features will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view on a reduced scale, of a wardrobe cabinet embodying the various features of my invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view from front to rear, of the same cabinet, taken on line 2-2, Figure 1, the central portions being broken away. 7

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on line 33, Figure 1, execpt the central portions-are broken away, and Figure 4 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on line 4-4, Figure 1, in the horizontal plane of the door lock.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the main body collapsed and Figures 6 and 7 are perspective views of one of the detached end heads and the hanger bar respectively.

This cabinet is substantially rectangular and elongated vertically and comprises a single sheet of heavy paper cardboard or pasteboard of suflicient vertical height and length to form the opposite upright side walls 1--, the rear wall 2 and front door stiles 3 integrally united and scored at the four corners to permit the op- Serial No. 639,540.

posite side walls, rear wall, and door stiles to lie in substantially flat planes with the op osite side walls parallel and the front sti es 3 also parallel with the rear wall 2, the stiles 3 being of substantially the same width and relatively narrow as compared with the entire width of the front of the cabinet to form a suitable door opening 4 whereby access may be had to the interior of the cabinet for storing goods therein and removing them therefrom.

The bottom wall 5 and the top wall 6 are each made of a single sheet of similar heavy paper board of substantially the same form and area so as to be inter changeable. the bottom wall -5 being provided with integral downturned flanges 7, of uniform vertical height along its marginal edges while the flanges 7- are disposed in planes at substantially right angles to that of the main body.

The form and area of the horizontal porti on of the bottom wall 5 is substantially the same as that of the interior of the cabinet between the upright front. rear and side walls. and is therefore, rectangular and is scored along the junctions of the horizontal portion with the upright flanges -7 to enable the latter to be easily bent downwardly for producing an inverted rectangular cup-shaped body adapted to be telescopically inserted within the lower ends of the upright walls of the cabinet with the lower edges of the flanges in substantially the same horizontal plane as the corresponding lower edges of the upright walls.

The top wall 6 is provided with upturned flanges 8 along the four marginal edges of the horizontal portion thereof, and at right angles thereto. the area of the horizontal portion being substantially equal to that of the interior of the cabinet within the upright side walls thereof.

, This top wall 6- is also scored or creased at its junction with its flanges -8- to enable-the latter to be easily bent upwardly. said flanges being substantially the same height as the flanges -7- of the bottom 5 to form a cup-shaped member which is inserted telescopically between the upper ends of the side walls with the upper edges of the flanges -8 disposed in substantially the same horizontal plane as that cabinet, the channels of each frame being of suflicient width to receive the adjacent end edges of the rear and side walls -1 and 2 and stiles 3 when the parts are assembled for use.

free edges extending beyond the correspond.

ing walls 5 and 6 to form lower and upper door stops.

The door consists of a single rectangular piece of flat paper board 15 of slightly greater area than the door opening 4- so that when secured in place, its marginal edges may overlap upon the outer faces of the upright stiles 3, lintel piece 10 and sill piece -11 to completely close the opening.

The portion of the door plate 15- which is registered with the inner edge of one of the stiles, 'as the left hand stile, Figure 3, is scored or creased at -16 from top to bottom to form a flexible hinge connection between the main body of the door plate and that which is secured to the corresponding lintel whereby the door will be supported 2o swing freely to and from its closed posiion.

The portion of the door plate at the outside of the flexible portion 16- is secured to the outer face of the adiacent stile 3- by screws 17 or equivalent fastening means while the opposite or free upright edge of the door plate 15 closes against the outer face of the corresponding stile.

Suitable corner posts 18 of wood or equivalent material of substantially the same Width as that of the stiles 3 are secured to the inner faces of said stiles by means of the screws 17 and are of substantially the same length as the distance beween the bottom wall 5 and top wall -6 against which their lower and upper ends abut respectively and thereby, give additional support to the top and bottom walls.

As previously stated, the door plate .15 extends beyond the flexible hinge portion 16- so as to overlap upon" the outer face of the adjacent stile ,3- and this portion of the plate is firmly held in place against said stile by a re-enforc ing strip 20 of wood or equivalent material held in place by the screws 17, said strip -20 being of substantially the same length as the distance between the bottom and top frames 12 so as to abut endwise against the upper and lower I faces of said frames respectively.

A similar upright re-enforcing strip 20 of wood or equivalent material is secured by screws or equivalent fastening means 17 to the outer face of the right hand stile 3, Figure 3, just beyond the free edge of the door plate 15- and extends from the upper face of the lower frame 12- to the underside of the upper frame 12' so that the two re-enforcing strips 20 and 20 together with the inner re-enforcing strips 18- serve to stiffen the stiles and also to additionally support. the lower and upper frames -12- and 12 in parallel spaced relation thereby permitting the door to operate freely at all times. In like manner, the main body of the door plate between the flexible portion 16 and free edge of the door is re-enforced by an inner marginal frame 21- and an outer marginal frame -22 both made of comparatively light strips of wood and secured to the inner and outer faces of the door plate'by screws 23.

These frames 21- andv22 follow the marginal edges of the door plate 15 a short distance from the corresponding edges thereof. snflicient to allow the frame 21- to swing between the'inner edges of the re-enforcing strips 18- as shown 1n Figure 3, and also between the bottom and top frames --l2 and 12' and against the lintel and sill pieces 10- and -11 The lintel strip 10 and sill str1p 11 are respectively re-enforced by cross bars 14 and -14- of wood or equivalent light and rigid material resting loosely against the inner faces thereof and having their ends rabbeted to overlap upon the mner faces of the lower and upper ends of the corner posts 18.

The ends of the cross bar at the'hmged side of the door are secured to the ad acent posts, 18- by screws 17'- while their opposite ends are detachably clamped to the corresponding posts by clamping bolts -18- thereby holding the front edges of the side walls 2 and stiles -3 in fixed relation when the parts are adjusted for use.

A hanger bracket 26 is removably secured by nuts 26'- to the upper end head 6 and adjacent cross bar -14 and extends downwardly therefrom into the cablnet and partially across the door opening for supporting the front end of a forwardly and rearwardly extending guide bar 27-- having its rear end removably clamped to the rear wall -2 of the cabinet by 'a thumb nut 27 for receiving and supporting a slide bar -28 upon which the garment hangers (not shown) are mounted.

The side of the frame 21 nearest the free edge of the door also serves as a convenient support for a suitable lock 24- having a bolt adapted to enter a suitable keeper in the inner edge of the adjacent reenforcing member 18- as shown in Figure 4.

It will be noted that the main body of the cabinet consisting of the upright side walls -1, rear wall 2 and door stiles -3-,

constitutes anupright rectangular tube having a door opening in one side and that the marginally flanged bottom and top walls 5- and 6 and their re-enforcing frames 12 and 12' constitute the end heads of the cabinet telescopically secured therein while the door plate secured along one of its upright edges to the tubular body at one side of the door opening and having its longitudinal score or crease near said edge enables the door to swing about the score line as the-hinge.

When the parts of the cabinet are assembled for use, the lower end frame '12 rests upon the floor and supports the superstructure and when the door --15- is opened, the bar 28 with the garment hangers thereon may be drawn outwardly along the bar 27 and through the door opening or returned wholly within the cabinet to permit the closing of thedoor.

On, the other hand, when thecabinet is emptied, and it is desired to'collapse the same for storage or transportation, it is simply necessary to remove the bolts 18, bracket 26- and hanger bar' -27-, whereupon the upper end head -6- with its frame l2-- may be removed from. the upper ends of the side walls 1 and --2- and stiles 3. The side Walls and stile may be then withdrawn upwardly from the lower end frame 12- and its bottom wall 5 and, together with the door 15, posts 18 and cross bars 14 and 14", folded into compact form as shown in Figure 5.

I claim:

1. A collapsiblewardrobe cabinet of rectangular horizontal cross section comprising a single sheetof cardboard forming the back, sides and portions of the front of the cabinet and scored at the four corners to permit the front portions to fold upon the sides and the sides to fold upon the back, lower and upper end heads having channels into which the adjacent ends of the back, sides and front portions are inserted when the cabinet is adjusted for use", and a combined door and stile section of card board scored at the junction of the door and stile to form a hinge, said stile, being secured to one of the first named front portions to support the door.

2. A wardrobe cabinet as in claim 1, in which the channeled portions of each end head are made of wooden rails rigidly united to each other at the corners.

3. A wardrobe cabinet as in claim 1, in

which the free edge of the cardboard door section overlaps upon the adjacent front portion when the door is closed.

4. A wardrobe cabinet as in claim 1, in which upright stiffening members of wood ;are secured to the inner faces of said front portionsto form portions of the door stiles. 5. A wardrobe cabinet as in claim 1, in which a rectangular frame of wood is secured to the door near the marginal edges 7 thereof and at one side of the score line which forms the hin e for the door.

6. A wardrobe ca inet as in claim 1, in

which the channels of each end head are,

ARTHUR C. FRIEDEL.

Witnesses H. E. CHASE, RITA CAMPoLrETo. 

